Coin-controlled apparatus.



. 'UNITEDSTA TEs PATENT ormoni TrioMAss. rATTaasoN, or MoReANToWN, WESTviiaieINiA.iy

` r com-CONTRQLLED AEPARATUS.

No.v 833,478.

Y' Application liad November 6, 1907. l Serial No..40(l,9v26`. u

j Be it known. that I, THoMA andjState of West Virginia,y have inventedspecification.`` v p My invention relates tocheck-controlled apparatus;and' it 4seeks ,the revision of a4 simlple', easily operat'ed andreliable Acoin-con.-

tro ed apparatus forsupplying tickets for shows andother purposes.

With the foregoing 'in theI invention will4 b e fully understood fromthe following @description andclaims when, the same vare read 1n,connection'with the drawings, ac 4 '.companyin'g and.' forming part.Ofthis speci-` V"fic'ation, inwhich: y f n Figure 1 is a longitudinalvertical section illustrating. a practical embodiment/of my I y?.invention. Fig. `2 isy a `horizontal section i. .taken in a plane belowthe top of the casing .of the apparatus. Fig` 3 is a transverse secytion taken in the plane indicated by the liney 3,-3 of Fig'. 1, lookinginthe direction of the arrow. Y F1g. 4 is an enlarged detail section,showing the gear that l"is fast on the feed shaft of the apparatus.Fig, 5'is an enlarged side elevation ofthe gear loose on said feedyshaft, and: F ig., 6 is 1an enlarged detail view showing ,the catch ony, thelocking lever for y `c, )perating with the rack bar. Similarletters of reference designate cor.-

responding `parts in all of the lviews lof the drawings. vy l..

- My novel apparatus comprises a casing A,

i" of wood or metal, and I prefer toprovide the `saidcasing with latransparent panel B. '40

through which the working of the parts may be viewed by .the partyeifecting'said working. The vsaid panel B is preferably in the A ,formof a door so that access may be readily gained to the working; parts forrepairs or any yother purpose, vand said door will of coursel beprovided with Va suitable lock (not shown) to preventv unauthorizedpersonsv from gaining access to the working partsE InA the lower portionof the casing' A isa -coin receptacle-C, and above said coin receptaclefislocated a horizontal. cylinder D 1n V:which is a stop@located'immediately in front "'-of a slot b, intermediate the receptacleC and cr `topfof thecasing A is a lcoinchute E.

the cylinder I). Leading upward from the frear end of the cylinder D tothe upper s1de- Specification of Letters Patent.

n Mounted iin a suitable ards e located within the casing isa shaftl`designed to bear arolle'd strip G, of ,tickets; the said strip beingcarried-from? the roll; 60-

downward toand under an idler H,rnounted in arms (l of the standards Le,and being .then carried between a lower. feedrollerfI,` .having aperimeter of rubber orotherfsuitablematerial, and an u perpressureroller J the said. 65

upper roller being mountedinfa vertically movable frame ewhich 1sAbacked,z-by;` a `Sprin f having a tendency to pressltheframe an the`roller J downward so asto', holdfthe strip of tickets under .pressureagainsttheroller I and enable the latter when Irotated.tolfeed the.strip forward.V Fromf the rollergl the strip of tickets is ycarriedforward through a slot gin' the forward wall (gf-.the QcasingA; the

upper wall ofthe saidaslti g. being formed 4into a knife edge h, thisin, order 130 `Enable a purchaser to readily tearoff atckff; from thestrip G subse uent toithefeedofthesaid strip through t e slot g; y i IThe roller I is fixed oni'aitran'sversely dis- '30 l posed shaft K, andon said shaft is also fixed ,a eripherally toothed: gear L having atone.

' si e 'a ratchet-M,'Fig.` 4. ,Looseon thek said shaft K, at one sideofv the -gear;L;lisla eripherally toothed gear Nvhalvingin one; a recesst' tolreceive the ratehetlNIyand-a o having in said recess via-spring-pressed'paw j the ofiice of whichis Lto engage .the teeth ofthe ratchet M whenthe'geanfNcisTotated in .iiizFigi l so the directionindicatedbyiarIQ as to turn the gear L an'dgthelsliaftd and rollerI in acorresponding ldirectom. It will be'noticed, however7 that-ionerqtation; of the gear N in the direction oppositetoV thatindif catedby arrow in Figc-l,` the` .av'iflg will ride 95 idly over the teethoftheratc et Maud consequently leave the gear .'LptheshaftK and theroller I at rest. fl r is;

With a View ofpreventingiretrograde or backward rotation offthezshaft?I.,;-and the 100 feed' roller I incident togrotationofthe. gear Neinthe direction `op ositeA ltoi that indicated by arrow in Fig.` 1,'Ipprovide the vertically swinging locking lever P which istothed at lcto engage the eripheral fteethof/-thd gear L; and is backec by'a spring,Qfwhich h as a tendency to throw itinfthexdireetion'rindicated by arrowin Fig. 1Q

Suitablyguided inA theirs-edi cylinder Vvl) is a Ufshaped Vslide R.whiclr'is provided-With a 110 forwardly extendin rack bar ASgen' agedwith the .peripheral teet oftihegear andhav- Efdc 85 ing a lateral pin Tfor engaging a catch Z on the locking lever P and putting said lockinglever out of engagementwith the gear L. Between an abutment S2, fixed inthe casing, and the U-shaped slide R, is interposed a coiled spring S3for moving said slide It and the rack bar S rearward.

U is a reciprocating follower extending throughthe rear end wall of thefixed cylinder D.

D is vertically swinging lever fulcrumed at an intermediate point of itslength on a fixed bracket l and connected through a link m with the rearend of the follower U, and W is a lever fulcrumed at p on the casing andloosely connected at r ,with the up )er arm of the lever V. The followerU and the coupled leversV and wW have to do with the movement of a cointhrough the medium of which the stri feeding mechanism is actuated, as

will be lereinafter described.

' The practical operation of my novel apparatus is as follows: When acoin of predetermined denomination is dropped down the chute E, asindicated by X in Fig. l, it assumes a position between the rear endofthe slide R and the forward end of the follower U, and consequentlywhen the follower isl movement of the slide R, the rack bar S disengagesthe locking lever P from the gear L, and through the medium of the gearN, the pawl thereof and the ratchet M, turns the shaft K and the rollerI forward, with the result that a portion of the strip G correspondingin length to the throw of the roller I is fed forward through the slotg, and may be grasped by the purchaser and cut off against the knifeedge 7i. The forward movement of the slide It and rack bar S is againstthe action of the spring Q, and consequently it will be apparent thatimmediately following the dropping of the coin through the slot 6,' thes rlng-pressed lever P will operate to engage t e er1 heral teeth of thegear L and thereby x tie shaft K and the roller I against retrogrademovement. The catch Z is centered at i in the locking lever P, and itsupper portion, on which the 1pin T works, is so shaped and arranged, reative to said pin T, that when the rack S is moved far eno ugh forwardlto turn the periphery of the roller P a,

distance corresponding to the length of one ticket, the catch slipsunder the pin T and locks the wheel L and consequently t-he roller Iagainst further forward movement, thereby preventing an unscrupulousperson from ullingout more than one ticket while the everW'isresseddown. On rearward movement of t e rack barS, under the action ofthe spring S3, which movement takes place immediately after the coindrops through the slot b, the catch Z turns on the centeri and allo-wspin T to pass over it. It will be noted at. this point that the frontpart of catch Z is so shaped that when it is thrown back into place byits weight below its center of movement, there is but a slight distancebetween the catch and the pin T, and consequently a stroke of fixedlength is assured. When the lever WY, which is in the form of aconvennation in the slot E, 1t will be seen that the.

follower L will sim )ly slide forward between the side portions o theslide and no result will be accomplished. l

It lwill be gathered from the foregoing that in addition to being simpleand inexpensive, my novel appara-tus is reliable in operation and iswell adapted to withstand the rough usage to which devices ofcorresponding type are ordinarily subjected.

The construction shown and described is to me, but it is .'obvious thatin the future practice-:of the invention changes in the form,construction and relative arrangement of the parts may be made withinthe scope of the claims appended. f

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is: A

1. An apparatus for the purpose described, comprising a casing having asot for the passage of a strip, means within the casing for supporting arolled strip, a slide movable fore and aft and having a forwardlyextending rack bar', means for moving said slide and rack bar rearward,a shaft disposed transversely in the casing and having a stri feedingroller fixed thereon,l a roller yie dingly pressed toward the feedroller for retaining the strip in frictional 'contact therewith, aperipherally toothed gear fixed on the shaft and having a ratchet, agear loose on the shaft and having peripheral teeth in mesh with the'rack bar and also having a pawl arranged to engage the teeth ot'the'ratchet, a spring-pressed lever. tootheu to engage the peripheralteeth of the first mentioned gear, and a swinging catch carried by saidlever and arranged to engage therack bar.

2. An apparatus for the purpose described,

'the best embodiment of my invention known comprising a casing having aslot for the pasesame the casing and having a stri feeding roller fixedthereon, a roller yie dinglv pressed toward the feed roller forretaining the strip in frietional contact therewith, a ratchet -fixed onthe shaft, a gear loose on the shaft and having peripheral teeth in meshwith the rack bar and also having a pawl arranged to engage the teeth ofthe ratchet, and means for moving the rack bar rearward.

3. The -eombination in an apparatusl for the purpose described, of afeed roller, a bar` movable in opposite directions, means intermediatethe bar and the roller for turning the latter on movement of the formerin one direc/tion, andspringactuated means for nor mally locking theroller against rotation; the

said means being arranged to be moved ont .rection, a spring pressedlever arranged to normally hold the roller against rotation, and aswinging catch on said lever for engaging said bar.

5. The combination 1n an apparatus for the purpose described, of a feedroller,. a toothed wheel fixed with respect to the leed roller` aloosely mounted toothed Wheel, a ratchet connection between said`wheels, a rack bar arranged to enga-ige the second men tioned toothedWheel, means l', r moving the bar in one direction, a spring-pressedlever arranged to engage and look the first men,- tioned toothed wheel,and a swinging catch on said lever for engaging the rack bar.

6. The combination in an apparatus for the purpose described, of a feedroller, a toothed wheel ixed with respect to the feed roller, a looselymounted toothed Wheel, a ratchet connection between said wheels, a rackbar arranged to engage the second mentioned toothed Wheel and havingI alateral pin, means for moving the bar in one direction,` aspring-pressed lever arranged to engage and lock the '[irst mentionedtoothed wheel, and a'swinging catch centered on the spring-pressed leverand having a rounded upper portion arranged to engage the lateral pin ofthe rack bar.

ln testimonir whereofl have hereunto set my4 hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

Tir-reims s'. rATrEasoN.

Wvitnesses t` G. H. CVMMrNs, HAL. M. Soo'r'r.

